• Ulrich
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    212 days ago

    …why would they? Self-hosting loses them business.

    • @[email protected]
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      112 days ago

      Has that killed Bitwarden yet? There are many self-hosted projects that also have paid options.

      I’d be happy with a paid (one-time fee) license for a self-hosted option with any software. Subscriptions should only be paying for data/storage, and if that’s offloaded to the customer’s local hardware, there’s no need to keep them on a subscription.

      Especially for a product that’s privacy-first, that really should include a self-hosted option (paid or otherwise).

      • Ulrich
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        112 days ago

        I didn’t say anything about “killing”.

        • @[email protected]
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          112 days ago

          You implied that it would hurt business, and that really doesn’t seem to be the case for other projects using a self-hosted/subscription business model.

          If you meant something else, then I guess I misunderstood. No harm, no foul.

            • @[email protected]
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              112 days ago

              Fair enough. I still don’t think that being open about their self-hosted option would hurt them.

              • Ulrich
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                112 days ago

                Maybe not. That’s my best guess as to why they wouldn’t advertise it on the homepage.